Economic losses caused by drought in China will rocket to tens of billions of dollars per year if global warming breaches the limits set by governments in a 2015 agreement to tackle clima...

Michael Taylor · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 12 Oct 2018

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Environment and Natural Resource Security

This is how we can fight water scarcity

The United Nations has labelled water as a human right.

Jim McClelland · Raconteur 27 Sep 2018

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Climate Change

This farmer is using an ancient technique to reverse desertification

Yacouba Sawadogo, a farmer from Burkino Faso, is using "zai" to return barren land to its greener former self.

Nellie Peyton · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 26 Sep 2018

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Water

Cities must manage their water better or risk drought

Agile water is the practice of optimizing water management, monitoring and reuse at all stages of the resource cycle.

Toshiko Mori and Virginia Gresham 21 Sep 2018

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Blockchain

8 ways blockchain can be an environmental game-changer

Blockchain could be a a wild card that disrupts the way we tackle climate change and other environmental challenges.

Celine Herweijer and Jahda Swanborough 19 Sep 2018

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Environment and Natural Resource Security

4 ways ASEAN leaders can tackle plastic pollution

The region's governments can consider several ways of challenging a culture of mass disposability and kickstarting a circular economy.

Antonia Gawel 19 Sep 2018

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Water

This is how technology could be the answer to the oncoming water crisis

Water supply crises are a major global risk, but leveraging technology could be part of the solution.

Nick Easen · Raconteur 19 Sep 2018

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Pakistan

Here's how a mountain pipeline brought harmony to a Pakistani village

Access to clean drinking water has transformed the village of Siksa.

Rina Saeed Khan · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 19 Sep 2018

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Gender Parity

How the sanitation sector can clean up gender inequality

Empowering female entrepreneurs in pursuit of SDG6 can have a twofold impact: the global sanitation crisis disproportionately affects the well-being of women.

Jasmine Burton 18 Sep 2018

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Environment and Natural Resource Security

It typically takes just 14 pieces of plastic to kill a turtle

New research has explored the impact of plastic consumption on turtles.

Britta Hardesty, Chris Wilcox, Kathy Ann Townsend, and Qamar Schuyler · The Conversation 17 Sep 2018

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Environment and Natural Resource Security

Our thirst for more water is making the ocean saltier

Desalination plants often return concentrated brine to the oceans, impacting species that rely on a specific salinity.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 11 Sep 2018

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Environment and Natural Resource Security

Australia is heading into spring. This is what it means for its drought

So far, 2018 has been very warm and exceptionally dry over large parts of mainland Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology’s climate outlook for spring, released today, shows that significan...

Jonathan Pollock, Catherine Ganter, and David Jones · The Conversation 04 Sep 2018

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Environment and Natural Resource Security

Everything you need to know about water

As World Water Week gets underway, here are some of the most pertinent facts and figures about our most precious resource.

Johnny Wood 28 Aug 2018

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Global Health

Forget straws, cigarette butts are doing more damage to the oceans

We're overlooking the environmental impact of cigarette butts, according to a new study.

Natasha Bach · Fortune 28 Aug 2018

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